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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






2. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






3. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






4. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






5. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






6. Reserve






7. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






8. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






9. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






10. Float (total float - free float)






11. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project






12. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






13. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






14. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






15. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






16. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






17. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






18. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






19. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






20. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






21. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






22. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






23. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






24. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






25. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






26. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






27. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements






28. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






29. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






30. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






31. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






32. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






33. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






34. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






35. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






36. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






37. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






38. A component of work performed during the course of a project






39. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






40. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






41. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






42. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






43. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






44. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






45. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






46. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






47. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






48. Budgeted cost of work performed






49. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






50. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities